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Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-09-23

sue on the result of one inning apiece,
and it is sometimes arranged to allow
six balls in each over instead of four.
An "over," it may be explained, is the
number of balls bowled by each
bowler. At the end of each "over" the
whole of the felders change their po-
sitions, another bowler delivers an over
from the opposite wicket, and so on al
ternately.
Batting may be said to be divided in
to forward" and "back play" accord,
ing as the batslnan stretches forward
to meet the ball or keeps the body
perpendicular or slightly inclined back.
ward. To this may be added the *cut"
and the @leg hit" The tielders must
forever be on the lookout to stop the
ball and return it to the wicket-keeper
smartly and without any "muffing. {"
And now enough has been said to en-
able even tyro to understand the
noble game, and for those who do not
care for baseball and want some kind
of game for exercise, the best advice
we can give is to try cricket. It is
never too late to learn good thing.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-09-23
"Pair O. sleeve-buttons," is two fish

"Pair O. sleeve-buttons," is two fish
balls.
white wings, ends up" are poached
eggs.
zone slaughter en- the pan" is apor-
ter house steak.
Coffee in the dark" and "slops in a
cup with the light out" signify coffee
without milk.
Brown plate O. wheat" and "stack
O. whites" indicates that a customer
wants wheat cakes.
Tea separate" means that the milk
for tile tea is not to be poured into the
cup, but served in q pitcher.
Cannon balls" are crullers.
@Beef and" means beef and beans.
"Stars and stripes" are pork and
beans. This term also applies to ba-
con.
BRASS band without leader" is a
plate of beans without pork.
Summer time" is bread and milk.
Murphy with his coat on" is a
boiled potato, unpeeled.
white wings, sunny side up" are
fried eggs.
"Rice BOTH" dread both," ETC.,
means that rice, bread and other pud-
dings are to be served with both wine
sauce and butter sauce.
"Rice, hard only" means that rice
pudding is to be served with butter
sauce.
"Bale o. hay" is corned beef and
cabbage.
"Let the blood follow the knife" is
rare roast beef
"Roly poly"is strawberry pudding.
"Solid shot" is apple dumping.
"Mealy bustio" is mealy potato.
Ham and" signifies ham and eggs.
"Shipwreck" is scrambled eggs.
"Hen fruit" is boiled eggs.
"Tea no" is tea without milk.
Dyspepsia in snow-storm" is mince
pie sprinkled with sugar.
Hash no" is hash without onions.
Mystery" is hash.
"Brown-stone front" is another name
for porterhouse steak.
Chicken from on high" is the best
cut of chicken.
Cosmopolitan" is Neapolitan ice.
cream.
"Let the chicken wade through it" is
chicken soup.
Some keepers of restaurants where
these amusing orders have been in
daily transmission for years have com.
PEELED their walters to forego this style
and to communicate orders to the cook
in everyday English. It is only the
"What,l ye have, damyer" kind O.
servitor who persists in it.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-09-23

ecksposishun, And when hea q
Hoam, hee brung A Bed bug AID
acksidentli, in his valeese. ltms
my ma awful mad. shee and d
Hyerd CURL Pulled up thea karp'
and tooke thea Bedd downe, and RI
evvri thing in Thea bed rune '
Terpuntyne and kerriseene; SO as
maik shoore the Bedd Bugg cudnt
the upper Hand of Us. in sumner II
Wimmin allwais maik THERE Mem
them a barrull of Grannelated shus
too Make preserves with. mi
has tn maik aul our sass
sweete Pickuls And jell; caus
hiered CURL donte kno how. by
gurls doant Newer work propperll,
ma SEES so. Pa SEES it Amt no wold
when Wimmin is awl the Time 3
tasising them and finding Fault
told Him shee hoaps when shee IS
and GAVIN pa Will MARI our he
CURL and then, if he gifts no pursef'
nor no spunge cake, nor nothing
that's nice, caus shee kant kooke 'l
Purhapps his konshence will tran]
him sum. in summer 1t talks y
While tn cburn. Ma Made NEE Gu
last weak. when noboddi wasn't ~
ing, i kleered out And went A hsn]
I got licked when j cum hoam, ~
didn't kare. A licking doant Last 10
but a churning lasts moastly aul
morning. yung ladys etc Lots Of
GREEN in sumer. Mi sister is az
slimm Round thee Waste, out y,
kan hold A site of eyce kream; n
hur teller tell another chap so. J..
Siss about it And shee sed:
settels it! Hee shall Roo this
oh! thee dooplisity OF man. m,n
summer Time thare is Lots OF tnuu
stormes. sumtimes it Hales. MA
SIS Ollwais craul under Thee beu
storm. wimin Haint got no katih n
pa SEES 1t amt thare hatcher III
enni. In summer daugs Rum W.
Their is diffrunt kindes OF wv Nv
round hear; thee Ora hound. the I'll n
daug, Thea newfoundland Dogs,
sheppurd dawg, thee Focks hG Gaa;
the Wauter SPANIEL, Thee hv'
dogg. Daugs is yoosfull Anem m,'isc
kan lern A dog moast Emmy l1 1anel
yu start in when hee is jung. ao ?as
Good too churn with. am gum os n
skipp out Everi tyne ma nlalhe.
churn. purhapps it Will lern u II nd
by a dawg churn. Thee forth s o. W d
Gums in thea sumer time. boys slis|
up Lots of tyre krackers then .,e op1
THERE komplecKshun is awful WIFI i T tna
And thare Use stands CROOKED n 81
Heds And tina etc Rats anu A AIsr :
lows. that's what mi Bigg olu. r has
and I CESS hee knoes. summne ac,st
munths mainly; Joon, jocly' o rgayyl
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-09-23

The interstate commerce bill, says
the st. Louis Globe-Democrat, has
been in operation long enough to es-
tablish the fact that the so-called
scalper, far from being driven out of
business, is on solder and more legit-
innate footing. To him the public
must now alone look for cheap rates.
The broker must keep his eyes open
and watch the demands of the hour.
Any person can buy from the railroads
special-rate tickets in lots of ten, TWEEN
ty-fve, or fifty, the more the cheaper.
Suppose, for instance, there is some
thing going on in Chicago interesting
to st. Louis people. The broker, at
his own risk, purchases one hundred
round trip tickets, which he will get at
a greatly reduced rate. He then swings
his banner to the breeze, announcing
round trips to Chicago, and if he only
makes 81 Oh each sale, as the result OF
competition among fellow brokers, he
has done we'll. This one feature of the
business alone guarantees good in
come from it.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-09-23
The Force of Habit.

Its an awful thing, force of habit
Its accountable for great deal ~
misery and great deal of happiness
h M1st th1ngs are done from force of
aaolt. betting, drinking, loving, hat
ing, all become 81 habits, and can't be got
over. A fellow goes counting, and IT'S
awiully pleasant. At first it's novoitn
and fun, then it becomes habit and
they think it is love. The girl COOS
away for a month. He pines for a
week, and when she comes back sha,s
got out OF the habit, and he's cot into
it's all up. i sui' ana
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-09-23

no other introduction to baseball en-
thusiasts. "Old Silver" is not hand
some, but is whole-souled and genial,
and back-stop whose equal remains
to be found. Flint is no record player
he has no axe to grind-and the man
agement OF the Chicago team knows il.
one OF the veterans of the Chicago club.
ne nevertheless resisted the temptation
Tor fast life that destroyed the useful
ness OF players who, were it not for
mat one fault, were unequaled on the
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-09-23

ty as 1t IS comfortable, and find tennis
game at which to have fun.
fhrtatlon comes as naturally with
the bat as dandelions and tender greens
with spring. A girl can look as kill
1ngly at you from under a iaunty tam
o-shanter as under lace parasol; she
can be as demure in o low-heeled can
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-09-23

IT is something quite amusing to see
the great number of Indian canoe-oars
and paddles which tourists bring from
Alaska as old Indian relics. The most
of these paddles are made and painted
by Cinnamon in San Francisco, shipped
to Alaska points and sold as Indian
relics, brought down to Tacoma on the
steamers, and carried thousands of
miles away.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-09-23
Lawn Tennis.

u must be Q very
wicked and per-
verified man in
deed who can
not enjoy tennis.
It is an aristo,
} cratic game. 1t
was played in
royal courts be-
f or 9 Richard
with three eyes
turned affairs
q n d relatives
topsy-turvy.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-09-23

THE Rev. Myron w. Reed, of Den
yer, Colo, is spoken of as probable
successor of the late Henry Ward
Beecher in Plymouth Church. Mr..
Reed originally preached in Indianap-
oils in the church where Mr.. Beecher
held his first pastorate.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-09-23
Tommy on Summer,

n Sumer Its q
Hotter than in
ter. in Thea s.
Tyne boys talk
thare fanul ind
close and Go in swl
ing; when thee %
keeters Amt to thi
muskeeter Bites
moast as bad as ID
Bugs. Tha hav ed
Amount of bed bug
In shikago. my |
ses so. onct bee VI,
lo~r %bora IN
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-09-23

GEN. FISK, of New Jersey, and ex-
Gov. St. John, of Kansas, are the lead
ing candidates for the Prohibition NOM
ination for President in 1888. Neal
Dow, of Maine, who, in spite of his "a
years, is one of the most active workers
in the Prohibition party, thinks that if
the convention were held to-day Gen.
Fisk would be the choice. He says,
however, that his party is perfectly
satisfied with St. John. and thor
oughly proud of the vote he received in
1884.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-09-23

with, the "three sticks" otherwise the
wickets, are pitched twenty-five yards
apart, facing. There are eleven players
on side, each under the charge of a
captain, whose word is law. When
one side is gin" that is, batting, the
other side is @out," fielding. The
"out" side is distributed about the field
according to the following diagram:
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-09-23

BUFFALO Bill, according to recent
reports from London, is not likely to
return with much money. It is said
that he made an unfortunate contract
with the managers of the American
Exhibition to something like the effect
that he was to receive one-third of the
receipts of his show and assume all the
expenses of it. It is said that but for
this the American Exhibition would
have scored loss.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-09-23
8 required in laying on. q good

is required in laying out . good
cricket ground and maintaining the
Same in proper order. As q general
rule the shorter and more level the
turf can be got the better. As we have
said, double wicket, j. e., o batsmen at
both ends, requires two sides of eleven
players each, the choice of first inning
being decided by tossing coin. Two
batsmen go in, one at each wicket, and
the object of the fielders and the bowler
is to dislodge them according to
the rules of the game. A batsman
may be put "out" either by
his wickets or "stumps" being knocked
down by the ball bowled by the bow
Ter. or he may be Caught out, that is,
the ball being caught by a fielder with
out its having touched the ground after
leaving his bat. He may also be
Stamped" by the wicket-keeper if he
happens to have the ball in his hand
and the batsman is outside the pop
ping-crease, either having gone out of
his ground to play ball or when run
ming between wickets. If the batsman
knocks down his own wicket when
playing ball he is also "out," or if
he stops ball that would have other
wise hit his wicket with any part of his
person he is out; l. b. wi. g., leg be-
fore wicket.
The other strikers go in by rotation
as arranged by their captain. When
ball is hit the batsman may, if posi-
BILE, score run by reaching the oppo-
site popping crease before the wicket
is put down. each time he does this
successfully counting as one run. When
there is time each side has two innings,
and that side scoring the largest num-
Der of runs is the winner. Otherwise
both sides may agree to decide the is
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-09-23

cry, and will be as
permanent as base
ball. Like base
ball, it embodies the
American idea of
skill united with ac-
tivity. Like croquet.
it is a game at which
ladies may excel;
indeed, ladies are
among it's most skill
full players. While
engaged at it, they
may not indulge in
such high jingoes
as the gentleman we
illustrate, but the
exercise requires a
special costume, and
they make it as pref
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-09-23

A MAN residing in Livingston Coun-
ty, Kentucky, was bitten the other
day by huge copper-head snake. He
Immediately poured down quart and
half of whisky, and after lying in q
drunken stupor three hours came out
all right.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-09-23

WHITLEY, the London store-keeper,
lately burned out, sells about every
thing but milk. He has suffered six
fires IN five years. He can get no in
surance of late. He does not adver-
tise, but sells at lowest possible prices
for cash. He has risen on the bodies
of his rivals. He patrols his store like
a roaring lion. He is vulgar and ego
tistic, but pusher. His place is racked
with discomfort. He thinks his fires,
that have consumed $5,00O,0OO in
property, are incendiary.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-09-23
CRICKET.
The Great English Ball Game-some
Of the Principal Points
49, Described.

What baseball is to Americans
cricket is to Englshmen, and if en-
thusiasm is shown over the national
game on this side, equally great is that
displayed over cricket in England.
It is impossible to say when cricket
was first introduced as popular game
in England, but according to Notes
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-09-23

GEORGE vANpYKE, the millionaire
~lumber king" of Northern New Hamp-
shire, was fourteen years ago earning
his living by chopping in the woods in
Coos County at $40 month and board.
He is but 36 years old.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-09-23

vas shoe within
the pretty courts
as when dawdling
in French boots
on a bank where
t h e wild thyme
grows and mos
quitoes are sing
ing.
Til ere was a
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-09-23

cared little for outdoor games, but all
is changed, and, we think, for the bet
ter: Now all, old and young, stout
and lean, handle the bat, and there is
nothing like it to promote health and
TO Keep the spirits in good working
A down-trodden man, or woman
cross at her neighbor, cannot play
tennis; the exercise is too exhilarating.
and its methods too peaceful. Conse-
quently when you find community
devoted to tennis you may set it down
in red mkt is happy sign of it's
peace and prosperity.
ALTAR.RAT1oNs--The viauds provided
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-09-23

~ pIste ents,
| ! / !
- : Of the la ls.'
q E giving M
- grocerybaps;,
a ~ to become y
st Of BIZ
~ stone. 1vu
~. 4 aware, m, \
nephew,tbst'
VIZ s1BRe"W had any rea;
Mas4A Tor being d.
present business, and if von WIN i
Iail to understand the hitherutSo nay y,
which has prompted you r. make
The legal profession. " enter
You say Of all the professions A..
the law is the quickest and ~. TIA,
wealth and distinction. AN And sure, ssa
too, the emphasis you place a l. not
last word. 1 know Won =. upon !
fairly educated, that Won lave J,
and smart, and that you are st' cn sa
among the honest and upr; lJ hto ~
men in your community@ae so1
you have won by your conap post
your business dealings N, n.;ls
fellow-men. Yet all these '' VI,
ready and anxious to cast as;ass ou
your hand at the wealth and d;sse.o
business as an attorney at law sl''laet
I can only account for this suai
departure from your usually s saaa
course, on the grounds that som 'e :,
tongued and designing VILLAIN 'l9
haps your INSCRIPTIONS compss ,
business, has been trying to ipd ,ss
to run for the Legislature: ans
knowing that q sensible business ss
was never elected to that bodv v''
felt it necessary to take prens,.
course in the law.
In the many talks I have given
and in the letters of counsel and y,
I have written you, I have warned
against lightning-rod men. insn,s
agents, fruit-tree peddlers, pick.ps
cts, footpads, monte sharps. etc
it appears that in my inexcusable J
lessness I have never warned !
against the seductive but none Tho !
corrupting influence of the ward \
tician. Y
My boy, Iregret this; in fact, I am
own accuser for having SO long nee]l
ed so important duty; especially h
it make me feel that I must be ep]
ing upon my dotage to think / sid
have so long overlooked matter mi
l might have known was so likel,
prove your ruin, as it has that of nj
good men before you.
If 1 am right in my opinions a
your motives, permit me to sue
that there is more wealth and dist
ton to be had in becoming an Al
man than you can possibly attsu
the paltry character Of State legisls
Should you change your mind, and
eide to run for the City Council,
might at once take trip to Can
and look about a little for a suit
location. Then when the time col
for you to take up your abode in
country you will know right where
are going to settle down to en;ov Il
hard-earned wealth and distinction
TINrrr
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-09-23

BETTER to be despised for too anx-
ious apprehensions than ruined by toe
confident security.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-09-23

The vote of Kentucky, at the recent
election, was one of the heaviest
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-09-23

GEoRG1A's invitation to the President
to visit her in October, as presented
by Editor Grady for the Piedmont Ex-
position Company, was thus elegantly
got up: It is a unique and striking
piece Of work, made of four leaves of
Georgia gold, about the size of duo
decimo book, bound with clasps of
Georgia silver, and each clasp set with
Georgia diamond. The invitation is
inclosed in box inlaid with sixty-eight
samples Of Georgia wood, polished and
joined with exceeding skill. The box
is imbedded in block of Georgia
marble of every shade, from black to
white. On the cover leaf of the invi-
tation is an engraved portrait of the
President and Mrs. Cleveland, the mon
ogram of the Piedmont Exposition, and
a picture of the clubhouse of the Pied
mont Driving Club. On the second
leaf is the invitation, cut into the gold.
On the third page is the invitation of
the driving club. On the fourth or last
cover page is engraved picture of the
main building of the Piedmont Expo
sition.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-09-23

CHARLES E. JACKSON, of Halifax,
Fla, has pet snake that catches rats.
Recently he heard racket in the cup
board under the stairs, and opening
the door he found the snake had cap
tured rat, and was trying to swallow
its nose first. The rat was alive, and
strenuously protested against going in
to such hole, using his feet to catch
hold of the floor or other surroundings.
The snake was wiser than the rat, how
ever, and would raise him up foot or
two in the air, and in that position
continue the swallowing process, drop
ping down again to the floor to rest oc-
casionally.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-09-23
A Popular Base Ball PLAYER.

There is no more popular man on the
ball field to-day than "Old Silver
Flint, Of the Chicagos, and he needs
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-09-23

But it has come to America to stay;
superseded croquet, overshadows arch
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-09-23

The trip of Senators Farwell,
Cameron, and Vest and of other promi-
nent public men to Alaska will un-
doubleday be turned to good use.
Several things have directed public at
tention to this great northwestern Ter
ritory of the United States, and there
has been an organized effort to induce
class of hardy emigrants to settle in
that country. There are nearly 6Oo,-
600 square miles of territory, with a
population of not more than IL 1000 In
dians in that portion in which whites
are likely to settle, and not more than
10000 in all. It is desirable for many
reasons that people from the United
States settle in Alaska in sufficient
numbers to thoroughly Americanize
the Territory.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-09-23

All these fields, as they are termed,
are liable to have their position changed
by the captain. who will move them
according to the bowling. If the
bowling be slow and the batsman q
heavy hitter, then he will place his
"tields" away out, taking a man off
probably from behind the wicket and
putting him Overhead" or behind the
bowler to look out for catches" If,
on the other hand, the bowling is swift
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-09-23

AN interesting experiment in COOP
erative industry is now being made in
Minnesota. where colony of half
dozen families from Minneapolis have
settled in Grow Wing County on tract
of land of $50 acres, bought for the
purpose by the Minneapolis knights of
Labor. These families were not pros
pering in the city, and were too poor
to have undertaken farming independ-
emily. On so small scale did they
begin, and so poor were they, that it
was months before they could provide
themselves with single team of
horses. But, after years trial, the
Minneapolis Tribune states that they
have done well, have found health and
sufficient though frugal living on the
land, and have start that will render
them eventually prosperous.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-09-23
Road. to Distinct,o,
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pleased mo to hear tho. ~ hal

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nephew.tI,.Y
had had, any lr1ssa,;1
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Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1887-11-23

When the tree peddler makes his
appearance Minnesota PEOPLE have
the right to ask to see his certificate
that his employer has complied with
the state law, requiring him to give
the name, occupation, and state
ment as to where his nursery stock is
grown together with a bond in the
sum of $1,000 conditional to save
harmless any citizen of this state
who shall oe defrauded by any false
or fraudulent representation as TO the
place where such stock sold him by
such peIs9hs. corporation, or associa-
ton was grown, or ~ to hardness
for this climate, etc. Agents selling
foreign grown nursery stock in Mn
nesota are also required to furnish
the purchaser duplicate order, with
contract specifying that such stock
is true to name. A peddler or agent
refusing to do these things is liable
to. a fine of $25 to 800, or imprison-
ment in the county Jail ten to sixty
days, The tree purchaser .who pre-,
fers eastern grown STOCK has perfect
right to it, but no man has right to
sell him such stock without his
knowledge. 1t always pays to ask
for the certificate aud duplicate order
I-St. Paul Farmer,